The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential.

Estaba feliz de haber perdido todo.

Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing.

We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.

I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in the person that people expected me to be.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.